Firstly, let me just say that i love most animals. So I'm always in a good mood when watching animal movies, and this one too sends me rooting for Winter until the end. In this movie, we also see a slight development in Sawyer's character, which I feel is a good life lesson for me as well. The most heart-warming part of the movie for me actually came at the end when they showed the real footage of the dolphins and the visitors. Fun movie to watch 😁

this movie is great n not just for the kids as many reviewers suggest. movie is not just about the james bond stuff or the world war or even some hi tech crazy robots trying to save humanity or watever.. its good to see reality sometimes..real life is more basic about love, affectionate, survival of all animals and human beings.. its so sick sometimes dat ppl only love movies with hot ass girls, crazily agents (the whole sex appeal bullshit thing..), n crazy robots..common do these things hardly even impact our life to the truth n presence..?? animal love is a great achievement only possible through a lot of effort and understanding and sacrifices.. even for the good sake of ecological system.. i admire this movie for its excellency in performance and presentation, for its effort in reality of the animals n even in the shoot (coz its not at all an easy task to shoot animals in movies... much difficult and patience requiring than shooting actors).. all in all a great movie... a great lesson..

Sawyer Nelson (Nathan Gamble) is now famous as a part of the team at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium after the rescue of Winter. Hazel (Cozi Zuehlsdorff) is back along with her dad Dr. Clay Haskett (Harry Connick Jr.) who runs the hospital. Prof Miguel Arroyo (Carlos Gómez) invites Sawyer to 12 weeks on a sailing ship for a special guest student program. Winter is depressed after her surrogate mother dolphin Panama passes away. USDA regulations forbids keeping a dolphin alone. They have rescued a new dolphin named Mandy but Clay is reluctant to pair them together. Inspector George Hughes (Charles Martin Smith) gives him 30 days.I liked the charm of the first movie and I like that most of the actors return for this one. Although most of the adults with the exception of Harry Connick Jr. are push to the side. The two kids get most of the work. It is very sincere. Rufus the pelican continues to provide a bit of light comedy but this is mostly a downer. They suffer an lost early on and it wallows in it for most of the movie. I'm reluctant to give too many negatives because everybody seems so nice. It's definitely not as compelling as the original but it's nice to see everybody again.

"You can't just throw two dolphins in the water together."And that's basically the only conflict driving the plot for this sequel. I was a huge fan of Charles Martin Smith's first film starring Winter, the dolphin with the prosthetic tail, but there isn't anything appealing about this sequel which barely has a plot. I felt that there was never really much at stake here and many of the emotional moments felt forced, unlike in the first film where there was a lot at stake. There were a lot of fillings and subplots that never did anything to help build the pacing, and despite remaining family friendly, most children will probably be bored by this sequel. I never got engaged with it and perhaps much of that had to do with the weak script and the lack of conflict. The characters which I really liked the first time around didn't do anything for me in this sequel and I didn't feel that same connection they had with Winter this time around. Dolphin Tale 2 has all the right ingredients for a direct to DVD movie, but somehow it has been released in the big screen and received some positive reviews from the critics (only 4% lower than Interstellar according to Rottentomatoes). It astonishes me considering this film is formulaic and predictable with very little going for it. A week from now everyone will forget about it. The true star of the franchise is Winter, but in this sequel we really don't get to see the dolphin all that much. There really isn't much at stake either, and we know how everything is going to play out. The cast is back again, which means we get some cameos from Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, and Kris Kristofferson, but they aren't given any substantial role this time around. The film centers once again on the child actors, Nathan Gamble and Cozi Zuehlsdorff, who deliver solid performances but don't add much to the story. From the first scene you can tell that the producers were simply trying to cash in after the success of the first film because there is not much going for it story wise. The true story is inspirational and the original film has touched many people's lives, but there wasn't any need for a sequel.